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  • Sociocultural factors shape these expectations.

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  • Explore women's birth expectations.
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  • Systematic literature analysis.
  • Concept analysis of vulnerability in childbirth.
  • Framework extraction from existing research.

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  • Identified a framework linking control, inadequacy, and exposure to dominant birth expectations.
  • Vulnerability during childbirth exposes women to this framework.
  • This exposure impacts the interpretation of the birth experience.

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  • Transient vulnerability during birth significantly shapes a woman's interpretation of her experience.
  • An explanatory framework can enhance clinician awareness of sociocultural influences.
  • Recognizing birth vulnerability as "negative capability" can empower women and midwives.